CEDARTOWN, Ga. – Authorities say a Polk County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man wielding a knife and a baseball bat.
Polk County Sheriff Johnny Moats tells WSB-TV the deputy answered a call at a home in Cedartown around 6 p.m. Friday. A relative told the deputy the man was “acting crazy” and “tearing things up.”
Northwestgeorgianews.com reports the man was identified as 18-year-old Levi Weaver.
Moats says the deputy, Jerry Shellhouse, opened fire when Weaver approached with a baseball bat and a knife. Weaver died after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest. No one else was hurt.
Moats says Shellhouse, the chief jail administrator, heard the call over his radio and responded because other officers were busy.